Daughters of

Cleaner Delhi
Writes Vinod Varshney
Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights took swift action recently when two children died in Delhi schools. What about those who are daughters of men and women who make Delhi cleaner ?

Shanno, an 11-year-old girl of class II died in a hospital after she was allegedly punished by her teacher of MCD Primary School on April 17. Aakriti (17), an asthmatic patient, died on April 22 allegedly due to negligence by her school authorities who failed to provide her timely medical facilities when she suffered an asthma attack.

These deaths have really shaken Delhites while TV made full use of the event to icrease their viewership. So far so good. But Delhi has children of lesser God also.

Nobody does anything concrete for them. There are Prem Shila (4 ) and Karma Shila(2 ), who get schooling only at father's rag-pick site. They come everyday here while their mother is away to wash utensils in homes.

Father promises that he would sent his daughters to school. But seeing that he earns only seventy rupees a day from rag-picking, there is hardly any possibility these children will ever go to school.

Whatever may happen to these girls later, today they are as happy as any innocent child. View a short video clip below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeMR8HsEIlI&feature=channel_page